Day of Mercy

What day is this when mercy is divine?*
Christ proved His love when He from heaven came,
He lived, He died, He rose--all by design,
He said His mercy is “love’s second name.”

God’s mercy is His greatest quality,
the center of the Gospel and our faith,
His flood of mercy sinks sins in the sea,
when we repent, He grants abounding grace.

Christ spoke all this to Sister Saint Faustina,**
His mercy brought through prayer and sacrament,
by His Chaplet of Mercy or novena,
plus with a plenary indulgence sent.

For great and boundless sins we have unpaid,
Christ gives more mercy, so “Be not afraid!”

* Feast of Divine Mercy -- first Sunday after Easter.
** Jesus appeared to her many times a century ago in
Poland and told her of His mercy and these promises.

                           by Pete Voelz       4/11/15